Konobelodon
| Konobelodon Temporal range: Miocene, 15–10 Ma | |
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| Mandible of Konobelodon britti on display at the State Museum of Pennsylvania | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | †Gomphotheriidae |
| Subfamily: | †Amebelodontinae |
| Genus: | †Konobelodon Lambert, 1990 |
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Konobelodon is a genus of gomphothere from southern Europe, China, and North America.
Taxonomy
Konobelodon was originally coined as a subgenus of Amebelodon,[2] and was subsequently elevated to full generic rank in a 2014 re-appraisal of "Mastodon" atticus.[3] Within Amebelodontinae, Konobelodon is closely related to Platybelodon and Torynobelodon.[1]
References
- 1 2 WANG S., SHI Q., HE W., CHEN S. & YANG X. 2016. — A new species of the tetralophodont amebelodontine Konobelodon Lambert, 1990 (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of China. Geodiversitas 38 (1): 65-97. http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/g2016n1a4
- ↑ Lambert, W. D., 1990. Rediagnosis of the genus Amebelodon (Mammalia, Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae) with a new subgenus and species, Amebelodon (Konobelodon) britti. Journal of Paleontology, 64 (6): 1032-1041.
- ↑ Konidaris, G. E., S. J. Roussiakis, G. E. Theodorou, and G. D. Koufos. 2014. The Eurasian occurrence of the shovel-tusker Konobelodon (Mammalia, Proboscidea) as illuminated by its presence in the late Miocene of Pikermi (Greece). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34:1437–53.
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